Leadership: Beyond the Memes by Susan D. Ballard and Kristin Fontichiaro • February 2019 Almost 160 years ago, the French journalist Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr observed, "The more things change, the more they stay the same." What is a Teacher Librarian? A qualified teacher librarian is defined as a person who holds recognised teaching qualifications and qualifications in librarianship, defined as eligibility for professional membership for the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). Within the broad fields of education and librarianship, teacher librarians are uniquely qualified. This is valuable because curriculum knowledge and pedagogy are combined with library and information management knowledge and skills. Teacher librarians support and implement the vision of their school communities through advocating and building effective library and information services and programs that contribute to the development of lifelong learners.
School Library Management Resources for School Librarians - Index Policy Manuals and Other Management Tools How to set up a school library for Non-librarians What Do I Do With All of These Books? - A guide for a non-librarian. The 12 Most Important Things to Do . . . in the First Week of Your New Job By Carrie Marting and Julie Marie Frye Congrats on your new position! Whether you are just starting in this awesome profession…or starting over in a school that is new to you, you may be wondering: “What now?” And “How do I prioritize the one million things I could possibly be doing with my time?” What is a Kanban Board? A kanban board is an agile project management tool designed to help visualize work, limit work-in-progress, and maximize efficiency (or flow). Kanban boards use cards, columns, and continuous improvement to help technology and service teams commit to the right amount of work, and get it done! Kanban has come a long way from its origins in lean manufacturing thanks to a small but mighty group of kanban enthusiasts. David Anderson’s work defining the kanban method helped bring kanban into the software and services space, and Personal Kanban, by Jim Benson and Tonianne DeMaria, helped expand the applications of kanban to places you wouldn’t believe. I use kanban boards every day and couldn’t imagine life without them.
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For Administrators – Canadian School Libraries Every child in Canada deserves an excellent school library. Here’s how. Reinvest in School Libraries as Learning Commons for Whole School Improvement. The Learning Commons is a whole school approach to learning and needs instructional leadership, but it is too big a project for one person to carry on their shoulders. This is where you need a team of collective and creative minds that understand the learning shift. As you imagine the possibilities, we ask you to think about how you, as a school or district leader, can leverage the potential of the model for the whole school’s move from great to excellent.
Canadian School Libraries Research Toolkit – Canadian School Libraries The CSL Research Toolkit supports school library practitioners as they explore their own practice through research. Why Research? We encourage school library practitioners across Canada to engage in research because: Research provides evidence to help understand the outcomes and impacts of school library practice;There is a compelling need for research specific to Canadian school libraries;We need to increase understanding by assessing specific practices, moving beyond what we have learned through large-scale correlational studies;Practitioner research will inform future practices; Sharing what we have learned will deepen understanding across our constituent communities. What typically happens when a new idea is implemented in the school library is that there is no real plan to assess its success or for reporting and sharing what was learned. We are great at collecting anecdotes and informal observations, but rarely take the next step of organizing the collection of this data.
How To Speak Administrator - School Library Journal In the last 18 months, our district realized we have been ignoring one of the most powerful sets of allies and tools in our prime focus to improve literacy. Librarians and libraries have been around, but we have treated both as catchalls: for tasks, for events, for a lot of things other than their true purpose and the work that librarians are educated and qualified to do. Administrators Mike Daria (left) and Andrew Maxey (right) share their advice on advocating for school libraries. We are administrators in the Tuscaloosa (AL) City Schools. Our district’s need is not unique. Most schools need to improve literacy.